CalabreseLab

Student-run page for the Calabrese group at the University of Minnesota. Rheology, polymer, & soft matter enthusiasts since 2019.

[College of Sci & Eng @UMNCSE]

We're #umnproud of the six CSE faculty members who are among 12 recipients of the 2024 McKnight Land-Grant Professorship, an award given to early-career faculty who have the potential to make big impacts in their fields. Learn more https://t.co/zvSKfYEbBt

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Ben's new paper on the properties of microbeads produced from cellulose and lignin is out now in Cellulose - congratulations! https://t.co/SRYtFJAqay #sustainable #biomass #processing

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Congratulations to Dr. Patrick McCauley on defending his thesis! As one of Prof. Calabrese's 1st class of students, Patrick has been a mentor to many of us, and we can't wait to see what he'll do next as he heads to Delaware to join @cfromen as a postdoc.

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Congratulations to our senior undergrads Jerry and Michelle who are both graduating this week! Jerry will be starting a new job at Ecolab and Michelle will be starting her ChemE Ph.D. at Stanford. We're very proud of both of them and we will miss them very much!

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Congrats to our newest Ph.D. candidate Deepti for passing her qualifying exams this week!

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Congrats to Ben on receiving the Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship (DDF), which gives the University's most accomplished Ph.D. candidates an opportunity to devote full-time effort to finalize their research and write a dissertation during the fellowship year!

[College of Sci & Eng @UMNCSE]

When #UMN chemical engineering and materials science senior Michelle Quan graduates in May, she’ll have a legacy to look back on, from nanoparticle synthesis research to DEI advocacy. Check out our Q&A with her below ⬇️ #UMNProud
https://t.co/O1kZIVZ3Sa

[ACS PMSE Division @acspmse]

Congrats to the 2023 PMSE Early Career Investigator Award recipients. #Polymer #researchers #RisingStars @AmerChemSociety

[CalabreseLab @CalabreseLab]

And in more good news, Joanna's new paper in @ACS_Langmuir is out, using reverse poloxamers to alter gelation temperatures and moduli of P407 hydrogels! https://t.co/HPToZsWkXg #drugdelivery #poloxamers #scattering

[CalabreseLab @CalabreseLab]

Patrick's new paper on the transient behavior of high elasticity wormlike micelles is out now in @JoRheology! Congratulations! https://t.co/7BjhuqdBIp #selfassembly #particletracking #rheology

[USM Polymer Science & Engineering @USM_Polymers]

For our SPSE Seminar Series, we are excited to host Dr. Michelle Calabrese @CalabreseLab from the Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at the University of Minnesota!

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Congratulations to Prof. Calabrese for winning the UKPPG/DPOLY Polymer Lecture Exchange! She will represent @APS_DPOLY by giving an invited lecture at the 2024 UK Polymer Physics Group Physical Aspects of Polymer Science Meeting in Edinburgh, Scotland. https://t.co/B0obXQBT5W

[CalabreseLab @CalabreseLab]

A big moment for our group - our first Ph.D graduate, Dr. Kathleen Lauser, defended her thesis on Friday! Kathleen has been a leader and role model to us, pushing the boundaries of rheology, and we are incredibly proud and excited to see what she accomplishes next. Congrats!

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Chris and Grace's paper on mechanisms by which nanoparticles and magnetic fields influence thermoresponsive polymer transitions, is now published in the Journal of Vinyl and Additive Technologies @4SPE_Plastics! https://t.co/dqTQ10Re6d #openaccess #nanoparticles

[Iryna Zenyuk (Ірина Зенюк) @muziolog]

Thank you for hosting me for seminar series @UMNews Dept Chemical Eng and Mat Science @CalabreseLab. Great department visit and enjoyed students and learning about 100 years of its history! Plus snow storm! @APEPuci @CBEUCI1

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This article is now featured on the cover of the issue! https://t.co/8Dfi6LvvJV

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Kathleen's, Amy's, and Prof. Calabrese's paper on the impact of polysorbate excipients on extensional flow of protein solutions is out now in AIChE Journal - congratulations! #proteins #rheology #excipients https://t.co/YTX1f29ckO

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Fun for the whole family! (Pictured, Kathleen's second cousin learning about polysorbate excipients)

[PPC17 @The17thPPC]

Michelle Calabrese @CalabreseLab, from @UMNCSE @UMNews @UMNresearch will be speaking at the Polymer Fundamentals and Properties symposium at PPC17.
Read more: https://t.co/0RqdUy4dxr
#Brisbane #polymer #technologist #polymerference #pacificpolymerfederation #PPC17 #conference

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We are very proud of Michelle Q for being selected to present at the Future Leaders in Chemical Engineering Symposium at NC State @ncstatecbe! With leaders like her, the future is bright ❤